Hello World Basics

Snippet

This is the simplest C program. It includes the standard input-output library and defines the main entry point where execution begins.

snippet.c
c
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main() {
    printf("Hello, World!\n");
    return 0;
}

Breakdown

#include <stdio.h>

Includes the standard library for input and output functions.

int main()

The starting point of every C program.

printf(...);

A function used to print text to the console.

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